Tessera Labs ยท 1 day ago
Sr. Forward-Deployed Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$220K/yr - $290K/yr
8+ years expTessera Labs is redefining how enterprises adopt and operationalize Artificial Intelligence. The Senior Forward-Deployed Engineering Lead will be responsible for leading the Forward-Deployed Engineers at customer sites, ensuring technical execution and quality of AI modernization work.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Serve as the technical lead for FDEs within a TPM-led delivery pod
Provide day-to-day technical direction, task guidance, and execution oversight for the FDE team
Review and validate designs, implementations, and code to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability
Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex or high-risk issues within the pod
Work closely with the TPM, who owns pod leadership and delivery management
Provide technical input into scope definition, sequencing, estimates, dependencies, and feasibility
Identify technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies to support predictable delivery
Lead technical delivery from discovery and architecture through implementation, deployment, and stabilization, within the execution plan defined by the TPM
Design and implement AI-driven workflows, integrations, and multi-agent architectures under real-world enterprise constraints
Remain hands-on with coding, debugging, and deployment, particularly for complex or mission-critical components
Lead implementation of LLM-based and multi-agent AI systems in enterprise environments
Integrate AI workflows with enterprise platforms such as SAP ECC/S/4HANA, Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, MuleSoft, Oracle, and similar systems
Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for performance, observability, security, and governance
Act as the senior technical representative during customer workshops, architecture sessions, and implementation phases
Lead technical deep dives with customer engineering and IT teams
Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and constraints clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Mentor and develop FDEs through hands-on guidance, code reviews, and design discussions
Reinforce best practices for forward-deployed execution, documentation, and operational readiness
Provide structured feedback to Product and Platform teams based on real-world delivery experience
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in technical consulting
Proven experience leading at least two projects end-to-end as a technical lead, including one AI/ML-driven project
Experience mentoring or leading engineers in a customer-facing delivery environment
Strong communication skills and comfort engaging directly with customer technical teams
Willingness to travel to customer sites as required
Company
Tessera Labs
Enterprise transformations shouldn't take years or cost fortunes.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase